this is live from berlin the european union and china open their pockets to brussels and beijing sealion investment deal up to 7 years of told us about is the e.u. pushing business before human rights also coming up. deadly explosions ripped through yemen's agin and porch the likely targets at the game carrying the country's newly formed unity government. and signed and sealed the post breaks a trade deal becomes you can go up to the approval of parliament and the queen.

saying it's time to put brakes it behind us. and the kenyan boy a strike against police brutality in the robie taking the needle fired from the courtroom to the boxing ring. hello i'm christine want to welcome to the program the european union has struck a controversial investment deal with china off to 7 years off painstaking to those haitians the e.u. hailed to be a cold saying it won open china's market and scrap discriminatory laws and practices that have prevented european companies from competing on an equal footing but critics say those economic benefits come at the expense off human rights. for 7 years european union. representatives have been haggling with china at the

negotiating table the results were presented at a joint 1st show press conference. market access for both sides will be improved a level playing field that means that chinese state owned enterprises will no longer be given preferential treatment through subsidies and for the 1st time china commits to following environmental climate social as well as occupational health and safety standards though when it comes to those standards chinese president xi jinping made only veg promises in the agreement china has imprisoned up to $1000000.00 readers in labor and reeducation camps and changing province she has promised to sign a convention against forced labor but no date has been set and sanctions haven't been discussed even vague promises around market access haven't been convincing what the the premier is doing is conserving to the chinese companies that they

hammer says the european market which deal with. the problem is the other way around it's about the yanks of european companies to the chinese market which has always been more closed in terms of investment because of the way that china injured into the world trade organization as if the rupee economy was special rights even though there have been some breakthroughs concerning competition both sides are not yet on equal footing so they were most likely meet more often around the negotiating table in the coming years. so we also if you richardson the china director of human rights watch what she reads between the lines of this trade deal . well i think there are 2 variables here that should make everyone quite skeptical and the 1st is that the chinese government is just devoid of credibility when it comes to commitments not just around human rights but around issues of of trade or even security and this is a government that regularly signs binding international agreements and then ignores

them but i think the other variable is that there is very strong evidence the use of forced labor in. there has been acknowledged by the e.u. member state governments you know there's almost no ability to do you know the kind of due diligence that's necessary to check on that problem and so one looks at this agreement really has to wonder why anybody believes that beijing will pursue any sorts of reforms are forced labor other issues in good faith let's take a look at some of the international stories the us say is that will increase tariffs on a range of growth in dealing winds from the e.u. it's the latest development in a 16 year battle of the subsidies paid by the 2 sides to boeing and airbus further charges are being placed on airplane parts as well as brendan's from france and germany. u.s. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has blocked a version on whether to call the 19 but he checks to americans the move defies

president donald trump scorch of raise the amount from $600.00 to $2000.00 a proposal to increase aid possed with a bipartisan majority in the house. 2 protesters were killed in clashes with police in peru joining demonstrations against a new goal raising the income of agricultural workers and the new legislation farm labor is all still earn less than $14.00 a day. syria's state news agency says at least 28 people have been killed in an attack on a bus militants ambushed the vehicle on a highway about 50 kilometers southwest of the city of day also unconfirmed reports say the bus was carrying syrian soldiers. at least 22 people have been killed and dozens wounded in an attack at aden airport in him and the blast went off just as members of a new unity government returned from saudi arabia so far no group has claimed

responsibility the original broadcast was followed by another explosion near the presidential palace several hours later. it was meant to be a moment to celebrate. a newly formed government disembarking their unity a symbol of their promise to end yemen's long civil war. instead. of through explosions shortly after the planes arrival broke to the airport a local security source says more time shells landed on the airport pool. witnesses described hearing sporadic gunfire soon after. hours later another explosion was reported to the presidential palace. this was a cowardly terrorist attack. the government is in auburn to stay and to exercise

its duties and operations with the strong will of our people. the acts of terror will not stop us from doing our work. we want you to hear the good will of the ministers have all been reported safe after the attack they were returning from the saudi capital where they had been sworn in as part of a cabinet reshuffle that reshuffle so yemen's internationally recognized government and southern separatists form a power sharing cabinet their aim is to forge a joint front against iran backed the rebels who seized the country's capital and much of the north in 2014 plunging the country into an ongoing civil war. while no one has claimed responsibility for the explosions that port blame has fallen on the . power in yemen is threatened by the new government on line in. the post breaks a trade deal between britain and the european union has officially become law in

the u.k. after receiving the queen's royal assent the british parliament overwhelmingly approved the agreement on wednesday after it was signed by the e.u.'s top officials the accord states out the new trade rules between britain and the european union starting on new year's day. you could get the impression that british prime minister just wanted to sign it as quickly as possible. after putting his name to the more than $1000.00 pages of complicated legal language parse johnson seemed upbeat. thank you very much everybody you know what it was down. the treaty that i just saw the end it is a new beginning and i think the beginning it will be a wonderful relationship between the u.k. and britain both is in the. book with us today not the 10 year it is but. i mean the question you ask yourself is if i want to raise.

yes is this deal is going. to get their heads around a document like this members of parliament would usually require months but the british lower house pushed it through and just half a day 521873 voted against the deal which officially puts an end to years of break that negotiations were going to become a friendly neighbor the best friends an ally the e.u. good how are working hand in glove when ever our values and interests coincide while fulfilling the saw over it and wish of the british people to live under their own laws but it comes at a price and pains from northern ireland and scotland voiced their concerns that the unity of the united kingdom was now under threat the opposition labor party agreed

to the deal largely because it didn't have a choice a sudden deal is better than no deal adopted preventing this deal made immediate tariffs and quotas with the e.u. which will push up prices and drive businesses to the wall it will mean huge gaps in security fees. leaders put this name to the deal really are on wednesday she said slowly but the royal air force to britain to be signed. but with many aspects of the deal not yet final this saga is not over yet. our correspondent in london bearded mas has more on what exactly the post breaks the deal means for the u.k. johnson has signed the breadths a deal that he has reached with the e.u. and parliament had its roots in the however many critics of these process in parliament are saying that practically it's not enough so the m.p.'s only had a few hours to debate this really complex agreement with the european union and

given the fact that the great city isn't always ringback promised bragg's it was all about taking back control and given control to the u.k. parliament many parliamentarians were very frustrated that they only had a few hours to look into this agreement however the deal is done and boris johnson obviously is celebrating the fact that he accomplished taking the u.k. out of the european union that there is more sovereignty free or for example the european court of justice critics are saying that he is not clear about the trade offs that he's not explaining to the country that yes there is more certainty but economically there are trade offs and even though there is a deal a trade deal with the e.u. that there will be extra trade barriers for example for manufacturers there'll be much more paperwork when they want to deal with the european customers or clients and that boris johnson and his brick city years have never made it clear and

obviously on a day like this they are not talking about it either. all right big a boss then now has a look at developments in the coronavirus pandemic in the united states more than 3900 people died from over 1000 on wednesday that's a new record for dany fatalities and that's according to the nation account by john hopkins university china has approved its 1st corona virus vaccine for conditional use the drug was developed by an affiliate off state back to pharma companies sign a form which saves the vaccine is around 80 percent effective and ireland has announced a tightened lockdown that will remain in place for at least one month social gatherings are prohibited and all non-essential shops will be closed. as he and misconducts have been a problem in kenya for a long time one lawyer in the capital nairobi is trying to fight those abuses especially in the poorest neighborhoods and he's found help in the form of

a spoiler. you may not want to tangle with this man neither in the ring nor in the courtroom when shadrack one buoy was growing up in one of nairobi slums he experienced what he calls abusive police but decided to vent his frustrations through boxing in the gym he believes it helped him a void confrontations that could have ruined his career. now the 29 year old is offering youth in poor areas both boxing lessons as well as informal classes on the law. being the most it is a home for you to be no noise both approaches to this course is the ones that. move a good muslim up in the 1st 3 were some since school. comedian. one who also convinced 50 other young lawyers to do volunteer work in the slums he

says that by teaching youth boxing they might believe more in themselves in spite of the challenges they face. rights groups say those includes being asked for bribes or being assaulted by police the kenyan police deny the accusations and attitude used to maybe be a force in the north. because for my views i want them to fight to put a source is put before somebody that they were in so many foods. the young men listen attentively as one buoy helps them a whole in their punching techniques mixing in information on their rights with instructions on what to do if a policeman asks for a bribe just stay calm and call him up. as a guy who has to put on a fives and a reminder of the top story we're following for you off to 7 years of top see european union has struck an investment deal with china and the agreement gives e.u. companies fraser access to chinese markets but critics accuse brussels of forcing

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